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Troj/PurScan-AI

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.PurityScan.y
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 28 September 2005 01:20:28 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/PurScan-AI is a downloader Trojan that will attempt to download executables from a remote location.

Troj/PurScan-AI includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When first run Troj/PurScan-AI copies itself to <Program Files>\oace\mmdc.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run mmdc.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Clre
<Program Files>\oace\mmdc.exe

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